Where does “သစ်တော” come from?

သစ်တော (Burmese) comes from Burmese သစ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik — tree; wood.

သစ်တော (Burmese): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “သစ်တော”, step by step

သစ်တော traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သစ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသစ်wood, timber; new; leopard
2Proto-Sino-Tibetansiŋ ~ siktree; wood

via Burmese တော

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတောforest; jungle
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan siŋ ~ sik →Every word from Burmese သစ် →